After leading a bird walk at Kenyon College's Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) and almost everyone had left (except for Andy Newman) a more interesting bird made an appearance. Not that the Bluebirds, Sparrows, Flickers, etc. weren't interesting, but this guy seemed a bit out of place. Right up by the main building beside the bird feeder landed an EASTERN PHOEBE. I wonder what it was doing up there, perhaps it was investigating what the other birds were up to. It appeared to be an adult and it was fun to see anyways. On the way out I saw a pair of Red-tailed Hawks and then I got a Call from Andy that on the Lower Gambier Road in a cornfield adjacent to the Kokosing Gap bike trail, were a group of AMERICAN PIPITS. By the time I got there they had taken flight (typical pipits). I then drove up to the Mansfield area to go skiing at Snowtrails. On the way out of there on Opossum Run road, I saw one of the local RED-SHOULDERED HAWKs, perched in a tree right beside the road, with an American Crow sitting above it (undoubtedly uttering insults towards the hawk). These Red-shouldereds are often seen along this road and even flying around the ski area. As I drove home further down I-71 A flock of Black birds crossed the highway with what appeared to be Common Grackles, Red-wings, and possibly Rusty Black-birds too. Pretty good stuff. If anybody would like to join us on the BFEC birdwalks please let me know so I can put you on the mailing list and get you directions. The BFEC is in Knox County, near the town of Gambier and Mount Vernon kind of off of rt. 229. Once the Neo-tropical migrants start moving the property there is a great place to view these migrants as well as the local nesters. Even now the wonderful property is host to many species of interesting birds. Anyone can also check out the Website for more info: www2.kenyon.edu/BFEC/ Good Birding, - Ben Warner ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]